Indiana population grows 6.6 percent since 2000.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - New census figures show Indiana has added more than 400,000 residents since 2000.
The U.S. Census Bureau says the state's population rose 6.6 percent to 6,483,802 as of April 1, 2010.
Indianapolis grew 4.8 percent to 829,718 residents. Fort Wayne saw the largest growth among the five most populous cities as it jumped 23.3 percent to 253,691 residents.
Evansville, South Bend and Hammond rounded out the top five cities.
The Indiana University Business Research center says the head count indicates that Indiana's rate of population change over the decade fell short of the state's 9.7 percent growth during the 1990s but exceeds the growth seen in the 1970s and the 1980s.
Indiana will keep its nine seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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